Gate.



No. 647,267. Patented Apr. lo, |900. H. P.JoHNsoN.

G A T E (Application med July 23, 189e.) (I o M o d e l 2 Sheets-SheetI.

No. 647,267. Patented Apr. lo, |900. i H. ,F.JoHNsorL GATE.

(Application led July 23, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIANS PETER .IOHNSON, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 647,267, dated April10, 1900. Appnatiunedruiyzs,189s. saturo. 686,729. (romano To ctZZ whom,Vt may concern.:

Be it known that I, HANS PETER JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evansville, in the countyof Vanderburg and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention, as will be hereinafter fully l described and claimed,relates to gates, and

more particularly to that variety thereof which may be easily openedfrom either side without necessitating that the rider ordriver shalldismount from his position.

Myinvention consists in certain novel features of combination andarrangement of parts necessary to produce a completely-operative gate ofthe character specified, the object being to provide means by which thegate may be promptly opened and easily closed after the person haspassed through, both of said operations of opening and closing the gatebeing performed by suitable le-V vers placed at proper distances ateither side of the gate,said levers being in communication withv certaindetails of my invention,-Which will be hereinafter specifically pointedout.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of myinvention complete.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.Fig. 4 Vis a detail view of one of the controlling-rods. Fig. 5 is adetail view, in side elevation and plan view, of my improvedactuating-lever. Fig. 6 is a detail of the link employed to connect theactuating-lever with the latch. Fig. '7 is a detail view, in sideelevation and plan, of the gate-controlling arm.

Referring in detail to the several parts of my invention by figures, lrepresents a gate of the usual or any preferred construction, mounted bymeans of suitable hinges 2 upon the post 3, the keeper or locking-post 4being disposed in the usual Way at the opposite end ofthe gate anddesigned to have secured thereto a suitable keeper 5, the locking-stem 6of said keeper being designed to preferably eX tend entirely through thepost and be secured in position, as by the locking-nut 7.

To the free end 8 of the gate, or that end op.

posite the hinged end 9, carrying the hinges 10 and ll, I secure bymeans of the rivets 12 the spring-latch 15, which is held againstlateral movement by the lugs 13 and is pivoted at its upper end to thelink 16 by means of the bolt 14.

Upon the top of the post 3 I first pivotally mount the gate-controllingarm 18, having the slotted forward end 19 and the rear upwardly-extending section 20, said section having the guiding-slot ortransversely-disposed opening 21, the purpose of which will behereinafter set forth.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 7 that an integrally-formed collaror 4liange 22 is formed around the pivot-hole of the gate-controllinglever or arm 18, the purpose thereof beingto provide means of pivotingthe actuating latch-controlling lever 23, the opening 24, carriedthereby, being designed to fit over the flange or collar 22, thusenabling these parts to move independently of each other. The actuatiug-lever 23 is preferably bifurcated at its rearend 25,whil'e`the forwardend is pivotally connected, as indicated by the numeral 23, to thelatch-controlling member 26, the latter being formed so as to providethe open section or slot 27, which, in connection withv the slottedforward end 19 of the lever 18, is designed to loosely receive the sternof the bolt 2 8, carried by the top rail of the gate, and which, asshown in Fig. 3, is secured to the upper side of the gate at a pointcontiguous to said slots.

The latch-controlling member 26 is pivot- 'ally connected by the hook 26or otherwise to the upper end of the lever 17 by the link 29, which, asshown in Fig. 6, may be readily formed of a piece of wire or othersuitable material and formed to have the proper length,

thus enabling the desired adjustment to be provided and maintainedbetween the actuating-lever and the latch.

Suitable apertures 30 are provided in the bifurcated end 25, by means ofWhichrods or ICO It will be understood that rods or wires 31 may beconnected to the levers 32 in any preferred Way, as by the eyebolts 35,designed to pass through the upper ends of the levers 32, thus enablingthe parts to be easily mounted in position or replaced.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be observed that a downward pull upon oneof the operating-handles 34 will result in drawing the end of thecontrolling-lever 23 toward the operator and incidentally causing saidlever to move loosely through the aperture or slot provided in the end2O of the lever 18 without disturbing said lever until after the latchshall have been drawn inward out of engagement with its keeper, owing tothe pivotal connection .26b between the lever 23 and thelatch-controlling member 26, the said lever 23 being free to move withinthe slotted end 20 until such engagement of the latch is effected, atwhich instant the lever 23 will have reached the end of the slot in theend 2O and will thereby bring the force of the lever 23 to bearagainstthe end 20, and thus act upon the slotted end 19 ofthe lever 18 in sucha manner as to cause said slotted end to act directly upon the bolt 28,and thereby cause the gate to swing open. The slotted opening 19 in thelever 18 is designed to compensate for the radial movement of the bolt28, inasmuch as said bolt will travel in an arc determined by thelocation of the hinges 11, while the slotted end 19 will travel in anarc which is determined bythe center of the post upon which the lever 18is pivoted.

It may be repeated that the first elfect 'of a pull upon one of thehandles 34 will be to disengage the latch, inasmuch as the lever 23 ispermitted to travel a-distance coincident with the length of the slot inthe end 20 before acting directly upon the gate proper.

It will be seen that I have only shown the parts actually necessary tothe successful operation of my improved gate, the usual fencing beingomitted in order to more clearly bring out the other parts, it beingunderstood that my improved gate may be easily located in the preferredposition and that when so located it will not interfere with the fencingusually employed and that there are few parts to become disarranged orout of order.

It will be further understood that I have shown the preferred details ofconstruction and accessories deemed necessary in embodyL ing my ideas,though the equivalent thereof is comprehended by me in this application,as any simple changes may be made.

I claim- In a controlling device for opening and closing gates, thecombination with the gate suitably mounted upon a supporting-post, of agate-controlling lever pivoted on said post and connected by a slottedaperture to the top of the gate, and having a slotted member formed uponits rear end, an auxiliary latchlever pivoted above saidgate-controlling le= ver passing through said slotted member and alsoconnected by a slotted end to the gate,

whereby the latch-lever may be first moved laterally sufficiently todisengage the latch of the gate before the gate-controlling lever ismoved, and suitable means for enabling the operator to move thelatch-controlling lever laterally from his position upon a vehicle orthe like as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HANS PETER JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH STEINMETZ, DAVID WINKLEs.

